The State of the Nation’s Teeth.
A passage in the annual report oT the Director of the Division oi School! ol Hygiene refers to the medical examination of candidates for the teaching profession. It concludes as follows:—"If the same habits of living which have given rise in’the case of these teachers to fairly extensive decay of nearly 10 per eent of their teeth are to continue in the younger generations, there is no reasonable hope of ever being able to cope with the dental problem in this country. \Ye are not keeping pace with it at present, and there is ample evidence that the prevalence of dental disease is increasing. Is it likelv that this extensive disease ol the teeth and the conditions causing it have not a serious influence upon the general health, and especially upon the future health, of the people? Can there be any more definite ‘writing on the wall warning us to look to our diet and general habits of life?”
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1922, Page 1
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165The State of the Nation’s Teeth. Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1922, Page 1
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